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Just watched the Betty White episode on Hulu,. All of the Jay Z stuff was cut..so was the Metal version of the Golden Girls Theme and the CSI Miami parody. That one sketch never made it online and I could never figure out why...

Would love to stay up and watch it air tonight to see if they put everything back in but I gotta work at 6:30am tomorrow...

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On 1/1/2022 at 7:55 PM, stonehaven said:

Just watched the Betty White episode on Hulu,. All of the Jay Z stuff was cut..so was the Metal version of the Golden Girls Theme and the CSI Miami parody. That one sketch never made it online and I could never figure out why...

Would love to stay up and watch it air tonight to see if they put everything back in but I gotta work at 6:30am tomorrow...

The CSI Miami parody was probably cut because they used the theme song. My parents DVR’d it so I was able to see it again — it’s still funny and I completely forgot that Rachel Dratch was the other character.

As for Jay-Z, I still remember that his second song was “Forever Young” and at the end he dedicated it to Betty, which was so damn sweet and classy. 

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On 3/7/2022 at 7:58 AM, Spartan Girl said:

Kind of disappointed that they didn’t use Saturday’s vintage episode to mention that the 40th anniversary of John Belushi’s death. 

A short time after that, his brother Jim starred in the tour of Pirates of Penzance that came to our theatre.  Jim was...a little out of control.  When he came back a few years later (just to visit and see Cats (yeah, Cats...) ), he was very nice and apologized for his behavior at the time.  We, or course, totally understood, but it was nice of him to mention it. 

2 hours ago, ebk57 said:

A short time after that, his brother Jim starred in the tour of Pirates of Penzance that came to our theatre.  Jim was...a little out of control.  When he came back a few years later (just to visit and see Cats (yeah, Cats...) ), he was very nice and apologized for his behavior at the time.  We, or course, totally understood, but it was nice of him to mention it. 

Yeah, he was performing in Pirates when he heard the news—on the radio. He was so sure it was a joke that he called the station to find out what was going on, and then had to hurry to break the news to his family before they found out the same horrible way. And then he went ahead with the performance anyway. Can’t imagine how hard it must have been.

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On 3/19/2022 at 10:16 PM, PBnJay said:

I love Bob Odenkirk.

Me too. I just read his book and it was great. He had lots of good stories to tell about SNL; he was the one that wrote the very first Matt Foley skit, having originated it with Chris Farley on Second City. But he had no love for the Chippendale’s skit. Like Chris Rock, he thinks it was just one big fat joke. And…they aren’t wrong. Chris Farley was hilarious in that skit and his dance moves are great…but yeah, I’m not sure people were laughing with him or at him. And Bob believes that moment cemented Chris’ mindset that he’d always have to be fat to be funny.

Oy, his stories about Chris really were heartbreaking. The one that really got me was when Bob took him home one night after a bender, and a drunk and emotional Chris asked him if he thought Belushi was in heaven. 

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1 hour ago, Lantern7 said:

That is old. Well, old enough. Anyone know if there’s a specific reason for this episode?

It aired nearly 25 years ago, but my best guess would be they have repeated a lot of season 22 over the last year, and Pamela and Tommy Lee were in the news somewhat recently for that series on their marriage.

This Pamela Lee episode might be the only time I haven't laughed once during a Weekend Update (Norm McDonald, in this case). That was atrocious. 

I was wondering if they chose this episode because of the news this week that Tiger Woods might play in the Masters (the vintage episode was done after his first Masters win in 1997). 

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On 4/3/2022 at 3:20 PM, Mediocre Gatsby said:

This Pamela Lee episode might be the only time I haven't laughed once during a Weekend Update (Norm McDonald, in this case). That was atrocious. 

I was wondering if they chose this episode because of the news this week that Tiger Woods might play in the Masters (the vintage episode was done after his first Masters win in 1997). 

 

19 hours ago, cpcathy said:

I was genuinely embarrassed for her, the writers gave her nothing.

This is one of those "she's hot!!!!" episodes SNL used to have much more frequently (JLo's episodes are the main continuations of that tradition). It's too bad, because Pamela was a good sport, and could have done more.

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It aired in mine.  I'd forgotten it was a Mother's Day show. They showed the Paula Abdul/Corey Clark bit, reran the Mom Jeans ad, Donatella Versace with her mom and Elton John in Italy, Darrell Hammond as Donald Trump (!! in 2005) in a Domino's commercial, which I hadn't even remembered. The Helping Hands telethon, WU with Forte singing a song he wrote for his mother about how he'll miss her when she's gone,  Action News, Bear City with a voiceover by Fred Willard -- these were some strange times for SNL! And I was watching back then, too. I remember reading that Paula Abdul had a kind of breakdown before she had to go on at the beginning of the show, but she hung in til the end. 

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5 hours ago, Mediocre Gatsby said:

It aired in mine.  I'd forgotten it was a Mother's Day show. They showed the Paula Abdul/Corey Clark bit, reran the Mom Jeans ad, Donatella Versace with her mom and Elton John in Italy, Darrell Hammond as Donald Trump (!! in 2005) in a Domino's commercial, which I hadn't even remembered. The Helping Hands telethon, WU with Forte singing a song he wrote for his mother about how he'll miss her when she's gone,  Action News, Bear City with a voiceover by Fred Willard -- these were some strange times for SNL! And I was watching back then, too. I remember reading that Paula Abdul had a kind of breakdown before she had to go on at the beginning of the show, but she hung in til the end. 

Tina also said that she later had a less than warm encounter with Paula on a plane.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tina-fey-calls-paula-abdu_n_75287

8 hours ago, PBnJay said:

The vintage episode didn't air tonight in my market. Not sure if I'm glad or sad!

The episode was so cleaned up by the editors it almost sparkled. They removed all the worst, even chopping up Update to remove a comedy segment with Fred as a deaf man who makes racist remarks about his interpreter. Whoever is responsible for this task is not paid enough money. 

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I don't remember how raunchy this episode was, and I was watching then. It was cleaned up pretty well. Though I did enjoy Don Pardo greeting JK with a knee to the groin, Jackass-style! 

Paula Abdul seemed to be taking her whole thing with a good sense of humor, so it's surprising to read Tina's account. What a mess that must have been behind the scenes. 

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On 4/10/2022 at 2:21 AM, Mediocre Gatsby said:

It aired in mine.  I'd forgotten it was a Mother's Day show. They showed the Paula Abdul/Corey Clark bit, reran the Mom Jeans ad, Donatella Versace with her mom and Elton John in Italy, Darrell Hammond as Donald Trump (!! in 2005) in a Domino's commercial, which I hadn't even remembered. The Helping Hands telethon, WU with Forte singing a song he wrote for his mother about how he'll miss her when she's gone,  Action News, Bear City with a voiceover by Fred Willard -- these were some strange times for SNL! And I was watching back then, too. I remember reading that Paula Abdul had a kind of breakdown before she had to go on at the beginning of the show, but she hung in til the end. 

But also, hi Keenan!

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The Mike Myers/Aerosmith is the vintage episode tonight. Perfect timing since I just read Molly Shannon’s memoir, in which she reveals that the sponsors tried to censor the Mary Katherine Gallagher skit. They didn’t want her doing the bit but Steven thought it was hilarious so they went and did it anyway in the most over-the-top way possible.

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